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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-31223

high Nessus Plugin ID 303067

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in watchOS 11.5, tvOS 18.5, iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, macOS Sequoia 15.5, visionOS 2.5, Safari 18.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to memory corruption. (CVE-2025-31223)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-31223

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31223

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303067

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_31223.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/19/2026

Updated: 3/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31223

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libwebkit2gtk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpewebkit, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwebkit2gtk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:webkitgtk3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkitgtk3-devel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31223